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Top 45 Prospects: Baltimore Orioles | FanGraphs Baseball

Top 45 Prospects: Baltimore Orioles | FanGraphs Baseball
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Arkansas , United-states , Georgia , Australia , Texas , Stanford , Central-heights , Arizona , Cuba , Minnesota , Mexico-city , Distrito-federal

Top 41 Prospects: Philadelphia Phillies | FanGraphs Baseball

March 1, 2021
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Philadelphia Phillies. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. As there was no minor league season in 2020, there are some instances where no new information was gleaned about a player. Players whose write-ups have not been meaningfully altered begin by telling you so. Each blurb ends with an indication of where the player played in 2020, which in turn likely informed the changes to their report if there were any. As always, I’ve leaned more heavily on sources from outside of a given org than those within for reasons of objectivity. Because outside scouts were not allowed at the alternate sites, I’ve primarily focused on data from there, and the context of that data, in my opinion, reduces how meaningful it is. Lastly, in an effort to more clearly indicate relievers’ anticipated roles, you’ll see two reliever designations, both on my lists and on The Board: MIRP, or multi-inning relief pitcher, and SIRP, or single-inning relief pitcher.

Arkansas , United-states , Georgia , Australia , Taiwan , Locust-grove , Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Stanford , Washington , Dominican-republic , Tattnall-square

Top 51 Prospects: Pittsburgh Pirates | FanGraphs Baseball

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We now have a reasonably-sized big league sample with which to help us answer the question of whether Hayes will be merely very good, or will hit for enough in-game power to have a Scott Rolen-ish career. The data does some pushing and pulling. In about a month, Hayes hit a whopping .376/.442/.682, ranked fourth among all hitters with a 195 wRC+, and led all NL rookies with 1.7 WAR even though he only played in 24 games. And Hayes was hitting the ball hard. His big league average exit velocity (just shy of 93 mph) and HardHit% (55%) were both above what he posted in the 2019 minors (91 mph, 48%) when he only hit 10 homers over a 100 games. But his .450 BABIP is unsustainable and, per Statcast, his xwOBA (.356) came in well below his actual wOBA (.464), indicating that he was also the beneficiary of some luck. There’s no accounting for how big league pitching might expose a weakness and begin to adjust to Hayes, even if it’s just to limit his power output rather than get him out. But his approach is responsive enough that I think he’ll target pitches he can drive and do enough damage to, when coupled with his world-class defense at third base, make him a multi-time All-Star.

Charleston , South-carolina , United-states , Taiwan , California , Altoona , Washington , Chapman-university , San-diego , New-mexico , Rancho-bernardo , Mexico

Top 51 Prospects: Los Angeles Dodgers | FanGraphs Baseball

December 15, 2020
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. As there was no minor league season in 2020, there are some instances where no new information was gleaned about a player. Players whose write-ups have not been altered begin by telling you so. For the others, the blurb ends with an indication of where the player played in 2020, which in turn likely informed the changes to their report. As always, I’ve leaned more heavily on sources from outside the org than within for reasons of objectivity. Because outside scouts were not allowed at the alternate sites, I’ve primarily focused on data from there. Lastly, in effort to more clearly indicate relievers’ anticipated roles, you’ll see two reliever designations, both in lists and on The Board: MIRP, or multi-inning relief pitcher, and SIRP, or single-inning relief pitcher.

Louisville , Kentucky , United-states , Nevada , California , South-hills , North-carolina , West-virginia , Mexico , Wake-forest , Sacramento , Panama

Rockies Prospect Zac Veen Talks Hitting | FanGraphs Baseball

February 23, 2021
“Already a physical presence as a teenager, Veen has big power potential and a pretty left-handed swing to go with a plus arm that should serve him well in right field.”
Those words, written by Eric Longenhagen, lead Zac Veen’s profile in our recently-released 2021 Top 100 Prospects list. The 19-year-old outfielder came in at No. 70, which is especially impressive when you consider that he’s yet to play a game — Fall Instructional League notwithstanding — at the professional level. A Port Orange, Florida native, Veen was drafted ninth overall last year by the Colorado Rockies.
Another quote from Longenhagen’s writeup bears noting: “

Florida , United-states , Port-orange , Nolan-arenado , Daniel-murphy , Justin-turner , Paul-dejong , Matt-chapman , Gavin-lux , Nelson-cruz , Cody-bellinger , Cavan-biggio

ZiPS 2021 Top 100 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

For the sixth year, ZiPS returns to crank out its top 100 prospects for the upcoming season. If you’re unaware of what the ZiPS projections are or the purpose they serve, please consult this article as well as this one while I reconsider my public relations strategy.
I like to think that I’ve developed a pretty useful tool over the years, but don’t get me wrong: a projection system is not even remotely a substitute for proper scouting. While ZiPS and other systems like it can see patterns in the data that are hard for humans to extract, humans have their own special tricks. Projecting prospects is hard, as you’re mostly dealing with very young players, some of whom aren’t even done physically developing. They play baseball against inconsistent competition and have much shorter resumés than established major leaguers.

Florida , United-states , Adley-rutschman , Matt-chapman , Austin-martin , Nelson-cruz , Spencer-torkelson , Randy-arozarena , Jasson-dominguez , Deivi-garc , Brendan-mckay , Alex-bregman

2021 Top 100 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

2021 Top 100 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball
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Arkansas , United-states , Port-charlotte , Florida , San-diego , California , Elk-grove , San-francisco , Mexico , Arizona , Spruce-creek , Chicago

International Player Update | FanGraphs Baseball

Typically, we roll out most of our international amateur free agent reports during Prospect Week, which falls just five months ahead of those players’ usual signing day on July 2, with a few more trickling in as the signing date approaches. The lingering effects of the pandemic mean the next signing period likely won’t begin until January 2022, but there are still fresh scouting reports on The Board for your perusal. You’re going to want to open that up in a new tab as you read this article, because I’m going to reference some names to illustrate how players who aren’t eligible to sign for another 10 months are still impacting how teams are behaving right now.

Cuba , United-states , Cuban , Juan-soto , Rodrick-arias , Felnin-celestin , Brandon-mayea , Im-the-international , High-school , Major-league , Players-association , College-or-junior

Top 47 Prospects: New York Yankees | FanGraphs Baseball

Top 47 Prospects: New York Yankees | FanGraphs Baseball
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Miami , Florida , United-states , New-york , Arkansas , Charleston , South-carolina , Tampa , Luis-medina , San-pedro-de-macorídr , Dominican-republic , Missouri

Top 62 Prospects: Tampa Bay Rays | FanGraphs Baseball

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Franco spent 2020 at the alternate site and then played just five games for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League before he was shut down due to biceps soreness, which had clearly effected his throwing, as he short-hopped several throws to first base on routine plays. It’s not expected to be a long-term issue, and Franco himself wanted to rest and return to action for Escogido (the left side of los Leones infield would have been him and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.), but the Rays prevented it as a precaution. I suppose there’s some chance that this issue, combined with the presence of other good shortstops in the org like Willy Adames and Taylor Walls (assuming either or both aren’t traded) creates a heightened chance that Franco debuts in the big leagues as a second baseman, but even if we knew that was going to be the case, he’d still easily be the best prospect in baseball.

Greene , Georgia , United-states , Australia , Port-charlotte , Florida , Fresno , California , San-diego , Russia , Mexico , Chase-field